Uruguay’s left-wing opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi becomes country's new president

Leftist Yamandú Orsi Wins Presidency of Uruguay

Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay's center-left Frente Amplio coalition was elected the nation's third leftist president ever in Sunday's election.

Political transition starts in Uruguay following FA’s victory

Lacalle Pou announced on Sunday evening that he had communicated with Orsi to congratulate him on his victory and voiced his willingness to begin the transfer of power as soon as possible. I called @OrsiYamandu to congratulate him as the president-elect of our country and put myself at his orders and start the transition soon, the president wrote in a post on X. Lacalle Pou waited for the election results at the Executive Tower, headquarte…

Uruguay dawned today with a new course marked by the electoral victory of the opposition Broad Front, which has Yamandú Orsi as elected president. It is a hangover of celebration of the left alliance, which at the end of a long campaign managed to re-rule from the first day of March 2025. [...]

Uruguay ousts conservative government, elects leftist opposition candidate as turnout hits 90 percent

Leftist opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi claims victory in Uruguay's run-off presidential election, defeating center-right candidate Álvaro Delgado.

(November 25, 2024. El Venezolano).- Yamandú Orsi will be the next president of a Uruguay that gave a new show of democratic civility this Sunday. After a closed vote and when the official vote still did not give any of the candidates as winner, Luis Lacalle Pou and Álvaro Delgado congratulated the aspiring for the Broad Front, who took the victory for just over 90,000 votes. After receiving the congratulations of the current president and the a…

Uruguay’s center-left candidate wins presidential election

The NewsUruguay’s center-left opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi won the country’s presidential election. The “relatively tension-free” vote contrasts with heated recent ones in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico that ramped up polarization among voters, Reuters reported. In Uruguay the ruling party vowed to work with Orsi to ease his transition to power. However, the result in Montevideo does follow a regional trend of victories for anti-incumbency c…